I’ve made it to day 21 now and I’m going to break my water fast and juice fast for a bit. I was wondering how slowly i should introduce solids and food groups back into my system, and if there was anything i should be careful of.

thanks for the encouragement sora and i give the same to u as u have the thoughest 4 days ur about to go through!

Just wanted to encourage you to keep going. If you have continued your water-fast and are on the 9th day, maybe you would enjoy this information I found.

“Most fasters feel much more comfortable by the end of the first seven to ten days, when they enter the normalization phase; here the acidic blood chemistry is gradually corrected. This sets the stage for serious healing of body tissues and organs. Normalization may take one or two more weeks depending on how badly the body was out of balance. As the blood chemistry steadily approaches perfection, the faster usually feels an increasing sense of well-being, broken by short spells of discomfort that are usually healing crises or retracings.”

I am on the 3rd day and feeling the effects of detox but it’s good to know that its not too long now before the more pleasant effects start outweighing the not-so pleasant.

Take care and hope you hear how you’re doing!

Sora

Hi Josh,
You now realize just how hard this is. About the same a climbing a mountain. Without some serious discipline and determination prolonged water fasting is a very difficult feat. So one week is an accomplishment that few make.
The only problems are extreme weakness, dizziness if you move too quick. If you kidney and liver are in good condition there are no problems. If you get prolonged kidney or liver pain then it is good to go to juice then wait one month before another fast and make is a juice fast.

Hi Austin,
Aways breathe deeply a few time before standing from a resting position. If you black out just get down on one knee.

I’ve started a water fast, today i’m just finishing day 7 and so far it’s pretty tough. I have never felt so weak in my life! I was orginaly going to do a full-out 40 day fast, but i’m having second thoughts now…
I was just wondering how many days water fasting does it take to fully clean out the toxins of one’s system and are there any severe physical problems that can arise from a 40 day fast?

I fast once a month for 24 hours, but have never done more than that until now.

Although I don’t drink alcohol, coffee, caffeinated teas or smoke, and I work out 5 days a week running, cycling, snowboarding, with some weight training, I do drink soda on occasion and have been eating a lot of heavier foods and sugary/fatty desserts in the past months.
I feel weighed down, sluggish and semi-out of control food wise.

My goals are to: Feel better and healthier, take a time out to calm down mentally so I can make better eating choices, cleanse( I feel super backed up), and to slim down(10 pounds+). I would also love it if it helped my skin clear up (I have mild acne).

I’m wondering two things:

1) While water fasting would it be beneficial to take vitamin supplements and Essential Fatty Acids(3,6,9)? Or is it better to not take anything at all?

2)Is a 7-8 day cleanse beneficial enough for me to see the kind of results I’m looking for? Would you recommend something else for me to reach my goals?

Thanks so much for a great website and the support!

Chantelle

I have started to do a water fast, this is my second day, and I am afraid that since this is my first fast that I might be hurting my body. I am 19 years old, weigh 150 pounds. I am very skinny and have believe to have a fast metabolism. On the article about it says that water fasting will dump years of toxins into the bloodstream within hours and, once the process starts, eating cannot stop it. bolism. How bad is it that it dumps years of toxins into the bloodstream? I don’t need to lose weight, but I want to fast for spiritual and detox reasons.